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Centipedes from urban areas in southwestern Siberia, Russia (Chilopoda). Part 2. Geophilomorpha

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P.S. Nefediev1, I.H. Tuf2, G.Sh. Farzalieva3 Ï.Ñ. Íåôåäüåâ1, È.Õ. Òóô2, Ã.Ø. Ôàðçàëèåâà3

1 Altai State University, Lenin Avenue, 61, Barnaul 656049 Russia. E-mail: [email protected] 2 Palacký University, Šlechtitelù, 27, Olomouc 77900, Czech Republic. E-mail: [email protected] 3 Perm State University, Bukireva Street, 15, Perm 614600 Russia. E-mail: [email protected] 1 Алтайский государственный университет, проспект Ленина, 61, Барнаул 656049 Россия. 3 Пермский государственный национальный исследовательский университет, ул. Букирева, 15, Пермь 614600 Россия.

KEY WORDS: , Schendylidae, anthropochore, faunistics, introduction, Siberia. КЛЮЧЕВЫЕ СЛОВА: Geophilidae, Schendylidae, антропохор, фаунистика, интродуцент, Сибирь.

ABSTRACT. The geophilomorph fauna pha in western Siberia, Asian Russia [Stuxberg, 1876; of urban areas in southwestern Siberia comprises at Sseliwanoff, 1881, 1884; Byzova, Chadaeva, 1965; Ko- least seven species belonging to four genera and two zlovskaya, 1965; Titova, 1969, 1972a, b, 1975; Poryadi- families. The following records are new to western na, 1991; Gerasko, Kolesnichenko, 1997; Nefediev, Siberia (Geophilus flavus (De Geer, 1778)) or south- 2001; Striganova, Poryadina, 2005; Sergeeva, 2010, western Siberia (G. proximus C.L. Koch, 1847 and 2013, 2014, 2015; Bukhkalo, Sergeeva, 2012; Bukhkalo (C.L. Koch, 1835)). The et al., 2014] remains understudied. To date, based on the northernmost range limits are reported for Arctogeo- literature data, the geophilomorph fauna of the Asian philus macrocephalus Folkmanová et Dobroruka, 1960, part of Russia comprises at least 26 species with the Escaryus japonicus Attems, 1927 and E. koreanus greatest species diversity observed in the Russian Far Takakuwa, 1937, all lying in western Siberia. The dis- East (21 species), followed first by western and eastern tributions of all relevant species encountered in the Siberia (about 9 species), and then the mountains of region are mapped. southern Siberia (= Altais) (5 species). This can only be related to the latter territory still being poorly studied. РЕЗЮМЕ. Фауна многоножек-землянок урба- Its geophilomorph fauna seems to be especially similar низированных территорий юга Западной Сибири to those of eastern Siberia and the Russian Far East. включает как минимум семь видов, принадлежа- The material treated herein has mainly been depos- щих четырем родам и двум семействам. Указанные ited in the collection of the Altai State University, ниже находки оказались новыми: Geophilus flavus Barnaul, Russia (ASU), partly shared also with the (De Geer, 1778) для Западной Сибири; G. proximus collections of the Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech C.L. Koch, 1847 и Pachymerium ferrugineum (C.L. Republic (PUO) and of the Zoological Museum of the Koch, 1835) для юга Западной Сибири. Oтмечена Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Rus- северная граница ареала для Arctogeophilus macro- sia (ZMUM), as indicated in the text. Literature refer- cephalus Folkmanová et Dobroruka, 1960, Escaryus ences to the species concern western Siberia only. japonicus Attems, 1927 и E. koreanus Takakuwa, 1937 в Западной Сибири. Даны карты с распространени- Taxonomic part ем всех видов в указанном регионе. ORDER GEOPHILOMORPHA Introduction Family GEOPHILIDAE This paper continues our review of the centipede fauna of urban habitats in southwestern Siberia, Russia Arctogeophilus macrocephalus Folkmanová et Do- [Nefediev et al., 2016b, c, d]. Despite all recent progress broruka, 1960 in the investigation of geophilomorph in the Map 1. European part of Russia [Farzalieva, 2008; Volkova, 2014a, b, 2016; Zuev, 2016], the fauna of Geophilomor- ? Arctogeophilus sp.: Byzova, Chadaeva, 1965: 337. Geophilomorpha from SW Siberian urban areas 9

Arctogeophilus macrocephalus Folkmanová et Dobroruka, same locality, soil samples (0–10 cm deep), June–July 2014; 1 $, 4 1960: Zalesskaja et al., 1982: 189. juv. (ASU), same locality, soil samples (10–20 cm deep), June– MATERIAL EXAMINED (17 specimens from 2 localities). 8 July 2014; 27 $$, 4 juv. (ASU), same Province, Barnaul, “Izum- ind. (ASU), 4 ind. (ZMUM), Russia, southwestern Siberia, Tomsk rudnyi” Park, hand sampling, June 2014; 26 $$, 8 juv. (ASU), Area, Tomsk, Irkutskii Tract, glade in Betula forest, 20.07.1999, same locality, soil samples (litter), June 2014; 18 $$, 38 juv. leg. P.S. Nefediev; 5 ind. (ASU), Russia, southwestern Siberia, (ASU), same locality, soil samples (0–10 cm deep), June 2014; 3 Altai Province, Pervomaiskii District, Bobrovka, Pinus sylvestris juv. (ASU), same locality, soil samples (10–20 cm deep), June forest with Betula, 20.08.1999, leg. A.V. Udaloy. 2014; 2 $$, 5 juv. (ASU), same Province, Barnaul, “Yubileinyi” DISTRIBUTION. Being originally described by Park, soil samples (0–10 cm deep), June 2014; 1 $, 3 juv. (ASU), Folkmanová and Dobroruka [1960] from the Tatar Re- same locality, soil samples (10–20 cm deep), June 2014, all leg. A.A. Streltsova; 4 $$ (ASU), same Province, Blagoveschenka Dis- public (= Tatarstan), European Russia, A. macroceph- trict, Glyaden, Acer and Populus woodland belt, 10–14.08.2014, alus is highly widespread, ranging from the European leg. A. Polyakov; 14 $$ (ASU), 4 $$ (ZMUM), same Province, part of Russia through Siberia to the mainland Russian Barnaul, “Lesnaya Skazka” Park, Acer and Betula, under planks, Far East and Sakhalin Island [Zalesskaja et al., 1982]. stones, in litter, 1.05.2015, leg. P.S. Nefediev; 1 $ (ASU), same The records of A. macrocephalus from the Asian part Province, Romanovo District, Tambovskii, 19.08.2015, leg. I.K. Tyutyunnik; 3 $$ (PUO), Russia, southwestern Siberia, Novosi- of Russia have previously been known from western birsk Area, Novosibirsk, Pervomaiskii Square, flower beds with Siberia in the Kemerovo Area and the Altai State Na- bushes, 29.05.2014, leg. P.S. Nefediev. ture Reserve, Republic of Altai [Byzova, Chadaeva, DISTRIBUTION. This northern European, eury- 1965; Zalesskaja et al., 1982]; from eastern Siberia in topic species is distributed across the northern part of the Krasnoyarsk Province [Vorobiova, 1999; Rybalov, the Palaearctic from northeastern Europe to Japan, while 2002; Vorobiova et al., 2002]; and from the Russian the real distribution in the southern European countries Far East in the Jewish Autonomous Area, the Kha- is hard to estimate because of numerous misidentifica- barovsk and Maritime provinces, the Chukotka Auton- tions in the past [Bonato et al., 2005]. Geophilus prox- omous Area and the Sakhalin Area (southern Sakhalin imus is widespread across most of European Russia, Island) [Zalesskaja et al., 1982]. ranging from the Murmansk Area in the north to the REMARKS. This species has hitherto been record- Rostov-on-Don Area in the south and to the Urals in ed neither from the Tomsk Area nor from the Altai the east [Farzalieva, 2008; Volkova, 2016]. In the Asian Province, both southwestern Siberia. The former record part of Russia, it has previously been recorded only is the northernmost range limit of its distribution in from western Siberia [Sseliwanoff, 1881, 1884; Tito- western Siberia. According to Zalesskaja et al. [1982], va, 1969], the Tyumen Area [Poryadina, 1991; Striga- A. macrocephalus can prove to be a junior synonym of nova, Poryadina, 2005; Bukhkalo, Sergeeva, 2012; Ser- A. sachalinus Verhoeff, 1934 and A. attemsi Folk- geeva, 2013; Bukhkalo et al., 2014]. manová, 1956, both of these in their turn possibly REMARKS. According to Zalesskaja et al. [1982], junior subjective synonyms of A. glacialis Attems, 1909, G. proximus tends to inhabit moderately humid soils, from Alaska, USA. Re-examination of type materials, but Sergeeva [2013] noted its being a typical pedo- as well as barcoding might be the proper tools to re- biont that needs no litter, predominating in open, well solve these problems. heated sites. Zalesskaja et al. [1982] also suggested Schizotaenia ornata Folkmanová et Dobroruka, 1960 Geophilus proximus C.L. Koch, 1847 to be a junior synonym of G. proximus, despite the lack Map 2. of information on the carpophagous structure in the original description [cf. Bonato, Minelli, 2014]. This is Geophilus proximus C.L. Koch, 1847: Sseliwanoff, 1881: 6–7, the most common geophilomorph centipede from ur- 1884: 87–89; Titova, 1969: 165; Poryadina, 1991: 14; Striganova, Poryadina, 2005: 130; Bukhkalo, Sergeeva, 2012: 61; Sergeeva, ban areas in southwestern Siberia. The Siberian popu- 2013: 530–532; 2014: 72; Bukhkalo et al., 2014: 73–74. lations of this species are parthenogenetic like are those MATERIAL EXAMINED (230 specimens: 136 $$, 94 juve- across most of European Russia. This species has hith- niles from 13 localities). 3 $$ (PUO), Russia, southwestern Sibe- erto been recorded neither from the Tomsk nor the ria, Tomsk Area, Tomsk, “Lagernyi Sad” Park, Betula, 17.05.2004; 2 $$ (PUO), same Area, Tomsk, “Buff-Sad” Park, Acer and Popu- Novosibirsk areas, nor the Altai Province, all in south- lus, 15.05.2008; 3 $$, 2 juv. (ASU), Russia, southwestern Siberia, western Siberia, where it dwells only in outdoor habi- Altai Province, Biysk, Sorokino, Malus stands on the bank of tats such as city parks and open man-made grounds. Biya River, litter,11.10.2009; 1 $ (ASU), same locality, Populus stands, under bark of cut trees, 19.10.2009; 3 juv. (ASU), same Geophilus flavus (De Geer, 1778) Province, Pervomaiskii District, Beriozki Railway Station, open man-made grounds, 12.06.2010; 1 $ (PUO), same locality, 7.06. Map 3. 2014; 7 $$, 2 juv. (ASU), same locality, 3–20.09.2014; 1 juv. (ASU), same locality, 11.05.2015; all leg. P.S. Nefediev; 1 $ (PUO), MATERIAL EXAMINED. 1 $ (ASU), Russia, southwestern same Province, Barnaul, Avalman, summer 2013, leg. V.M. Mam- Siberia, Tomsk Area, Tomsk, Siberian Botanical Garden, hot- ina; 8 $$, 4 juv. (PUO), same Province, Barnaul, Yuzhnyi, South house, 21.04.2000, leg. P.S. Nefediev. Siberian Botanical Garden, open man-made grounds, 19.06.2013, DISTRIBUTION. An Euro-Siberian species dis- leg. P.S. Nefediev, Yu.V. Dyachkov; 2 $$ (PUO), same locality, tributed in the western Palaearctic, ranging from north- 27.09.2013, leg. Yu.V. Dyachkov; 6 $$, 6 juv., (ASU), same western Africa through most of Europe to Siberia; also Province, Barnaul, “Nagornyi” Park, soil samples (0–10 cm deep), introduced to North America [Bonato et al., 2005]. June 2014; 2 $$, 2 juv. (ASU), same locality, soil samples (10–20 cm deep), June 2014; 4 juv. (ASU), same Province, Barnaul, “Le- However, in the Asian part of Russia a single specimen snaya Skazka” Park, hand sampling, June–July 2014; 6 juv. (ASU), of this species that comes from a single locality has 10 P.S. Nefediev et al.

Map 1. Distribution of Arctogeophilus macrocephalus Folkmanová et Dobroruka, 1960 in Asian Russia (asterisk). Карта 1. Распространение Arctogeophilus macrocephalus Folkmanová et Dobroruka, 1960 в азиатской России (звезда).

Map 2. Distribution of Geophilus proximus C.L. Koch, 1847 in Asian Russia (pentagon). Карта 2. Распространение Geophilus proximus C.L. Koch, 1847 в азиатской России (пятиугольник).

Map 3. Distribution of Geophilus flavus (De Geer, 1778) in Asian Russia (circle). Карта 3. Распространение Geophilus flavus (De Geer, 1778) в азиатской России (круг). Geophilomorpha from SW Siberian urban areas 11 hitherto been known, referred to as a junior subjective MATERIAL EXAMINED (18 specimens: 7 ##, 8 $$, 3 synonym of Arthronomalus longicornis Leach, 1815, juveniles from 2 localities). 5 ##, 2 $$, 3 juv. (ASU), 2 ##, 2 $$ (ZMUM), Russia, southwestern Siberia, Tomsk Area, Tomsk from the environs of the village of Shilkinskii Zavod, District, Molodiozhnyi, potato field, 8.09.1999; 4 $$ (ASU), same Zabaikalskii Province, eastern Siberia [see Gerstfeldt, Area, ca 10 km N of Tomsk, “Tomskneftekhim”, near Acetylene 1859]. Plant, Populus tremula, 4.05.2003, all leg. P.S. Nefediev. REMARKS. This is the first record of G. flavus in DISTRIBUTION. An Eurasian species ranging from western Siberia. Its absence from almost all previously Japan through the Russian Far East and Siberia to the known faunistic papers (except Gerstfeldt [1859]), cou- middle and southern Urals and the middle Volga re- pled with the above record from a hothouse in the gion [Farzalieva, 2008; Volkova, 2016], also known Siberian Botanical Garden, may indicate its anthropo- from northern China [Takakuwa, Takashima, 1949]. In chore introduction east of the Urals. The published Asian Russia, it has previously been reported from the synonymy of S. ornata under G. flavus by Bonato and Russian Far East in Sakhalin Island, the Maritime Prov- Minelli [2014] implies that there may be some previ- ince and Cisamuria, and from western Siberia in the ous records of G. flavus from the former USSR report- Kemerovo Area and the Altais [Byzova, Chadaeva, ed under the name of G. proximus [see Zalesskaja et 1965; Titova, 1972a]; the record of E. japonicus from al., 1982]. the middle flow of Yenisei River, Krasnoyarsk Prov- ince [Vorobiova, 1999] is doubtful (omitted from Map Pachymerium ferrugineum (C.L. Koch, 1835) 5) because two different species of Escaryus have since Map 4. been identified and published from the same material [Rybalov, 2002: 83; Vorobiova et al., 2002: 62]. Pachymerium ferrugineum (C.L. Koch, 1835): Sergeeva, 2013: REMARKS. This species has hitherto not been re- 530–532; Bukhkalo et al., 2014: 73. MATERIAL EXAMINED (17 specimens: 1 #, 9 $$, 7 juve- ported from the Tomsk Area, southwestern Siberia, niles from 2 localities). 1 $ (ASU), Russia, southwestern Siberia, where it marks the northernmost range limit of its dis- Tomsk Area, Tomsk, Siberian Botanical Garden, hothouses, tribution in Siberia. 10.12.1999; 2 $$, 1 juv. (ASU), 2 $$ (ZMUM), same locality, 3.03.2000; 1 #, 3 $$ (ASU), same locality, 21.04.2000; 1 $ Escaryus koreanus Takakuwa, 1937 (ASU), same locality, 3.11.2005, all leg. P.S. Nefediev; 1 juv. (ASU), same locality, rose hothouse, pitfall traps, 28.03.– Map 6. 14.04.2006, leg. P.S. Nefediev, A.M. Folin; 1 juv. (ASU), Russia, southwestern Siberia, Altai Province, Barnaul, OJSC “Dekora- Escaryus koreanus Takakuwa, 1937: Titova, 1972a: 135; tivnye kultury”, houseplants hothouse No. 3, 22.12.2014; 1 juv. 1972b: 112–113; Pereira, Hoffman, 1993: 9. (ASU), same locality, rose hothouse No. 5, 22.12.2014; 1 juv. MATERIAL EXAMINED (14 specimens: 3 ##, 3 $$, 8 (ASU), same locality, seedling flowers hothouse No. 10, 26.12.2014; juveniles from 4 localities). 1 #, 1 $, 8 juv. (ASU), 1 $ (ZMUM), 2 juv. (ASU), same locality, rose hothouse No. 13, 24.12.2014, all Russia, southwestern Siberia, Tomsk Area, Tomsk, Siberian Bo- V.M. Mamina. tanical Garden, hothouses, 3.03.2000; 1 $ (ASU), same Area, DISTRIBUTION. A trans-Palaearctic polyzonal Tomsk, Universitetskaya Roshcha, Betula, 23.04.2002; 1 # (ASU), species that ranges across most of the western Palae- same Area, Tomsk, Michurina Street, Populus tremula forest, 2.11.2005; 1 # (ASU), same Area, Tomsk, “Buff-Sad” Park, Acer arctic, from Macaronesia through Europe to Central and Populus, 15.05.2008, all leg. P.S. Nefediev. Asia [Bonato et al., 2005]; also known, obviously as DISTRIBUTION. Originally described by Takaku- anthropochore introductions, from other parts of the wa [1937] from the Korean Peninsula, in the Asian part world, e.g. the eastern states of the USA [Bonato et al., of Russia E. koreanus has hitherto been recorded from 2005; Volkova, 2016]. In Asian Russia, it has previous- the Kemerovo Area [Titova, 1972a, b] and the Altais ly been reported from the Jewish Autonomous Area and [Titova, 1972a], both western Siberia, from the Ye- Maritime Province in the Russian Far East [Zalesskaja nisei River Basin in the Krasnoyarsk Province, eastern et al., 1982], as well as from the Chelyabinsk, Sverd- Siberia [Rybalov, 2002; Vorobiova et al., 2002], and lovsk and Tyumen areas within western Siberia [Farza- from the Maritime Province and Cisamuria, Russian lieva, 2008; Sergeeva, 2013; Bukhkalo et al., 2014]. Far East [Titova, 1972a, b]. REMARKS. This species prefers dry, xerophyte REMARKS. This species has hitherto not been re- habitats such as upland meadows, cultivated fields and corded from the Tomsk Area, southwestern Siberia, pine forests [Zalesskaja et al., 1982; Sergeeva, 2013]. where it marks the northernmost range limit of its dis- It has hitherto been recorded neither from the Tomsk tribution in western Siberia, while in eastern Siberia Area nor from the Altai Province, both southwestern the species inhabits even the northern taiga belt [Ry- Siberia, where P. ferrugineum has been found dwelling balov, 2002; Vorobiova et al., 2002]. only in indoor anthropogenic habitats, i.e. hothouses. Escaryus retusidens Attems, 1904 Family SCHENDYLIDAE Map 7.

Escaryus japonicus Attems, 1927 Escaryus retusidens Attems, 1904: Titova, 1972a: 135; 1972b: Map 5. 110–111; Pereira, Hoffman, 1993: 9. MATERIAL EXAMINED (4 specimens: 3 ##, 1 juv. from 2 Escaryus japonicus Attems, 1927: Byzova, Chadaeva, 1965: localities). 2 ## (ASU), 1 # (ZMUM), Russia, southwestern 337; Titova, 1972a: 135; 1972b: 113–114; Pereira, Hoffman, Siberia, Altai Province, Smolenskoe District, Smolenskoe, Pop- 1993: 9. erechnaya River, Populus, 21.04.2013, leg. P.S. Nefediev, J.S. 12 P.S. Nefediev et al.

Map 4. Distribution of Pachymerium ferrugineum (C.L. Koch, 1835) in Asian Russia (diamond). Карта 4. Распространение Pachymerium ferrugineum (C.L. Koch, 1835) в азиатской России (ромб).

Map 5. Distribution of Escaryus japonicus Attems, 1927 in Asian Russia (rectangle). Карта 5. Распространение Escaryus japonicus Attems, 1927 в азиатской России (прямоугольник).

Map 6. Distribution of Escaryus koreanus Takakuwa, 1937 in Asian Russia (triangle). Карта 6. Распространение Escaryus koreanus Takakuwa, 1937 в азиатской России (треугольник). Geophilomorpha from SW Siberian urban areas 13

Map 7. Distribution of Escaryus retusidens Attems, 1904 in Asian Russia (square). Карта 7. Распространение Escaryus retusidens Attems, 1904 в азиатской России (квадрат).

Nefedieva; 1 juv. (# sad) (ASU), same Province, Biysk, Odintsov- well as urban millipedes [Nefediev et al., 2013, 2014, ka, Salix along brook, 19.04.2009, leg. P.S. Nefediev. 2016a] recorded from southwestern Siberia are mainly DISTRIBUTION. Being originally described from related to anthropochore introductions. Central Asia, i.e. Przhevalsk (now Karakol) in Kyr- gyzstan, E. retusidens is highly widespread, in the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. We are most grateful to S.I. former USSR ranging from Moldova, Ukraine, the Golovatch (Moscow, Russia) who kindly checked the En- Crimean Peninsula, the northern Caucasus and the cen- glish of an advanced draft. Our deepest gratitude extends to tral part of European Russia in the west, through the all collectors who donated us their material for study. Spe- Kuznetsk Coal Basin (= Kuzbass) and the Altais in cial thanks are also addressed to E. Stöckli (Basel, Switzer- western Siberia, to Cisamuria in the east, also reported land) and R.V. Zuev (Stavropol, Russia) who provided us from the Ile Alatau and Dzungarsky Alatau mountains with some obscure literature. in eastern Kazakhstan [Titova, 1972a]. REMARKS. The present first records of E. re- tusidens from the Altai Province show that this rare References species tends to dwell in rather weakly disturbed habi- tats rather than highly urbanized areas. Bonato L., Minelli A. 2014. Chilopoda Geophilomorpha of Eu- rope: a revised list of species with taxonomic and nomencla- tural notes // Zootaxa. Vol.3770. No.1. P.1–136. Conclusions Bonato L., Minelli A., Spuņģis V. 2005. Geophilomorph centi- pedes of Latvia (Chilopoda, Geophilomorpha) // Latvijas ento- mologs. Vol.42. No.1. P.5–17. To date, at least seven species from four genera and Bukhkalo S.P., Galitch D.E., Sergeeva E.V., Vazhenina N.V. 2014. two families of Geophilomorpha are known to occur in [Synopsis of the invertebrate fauna of the southern taiga in urban areas in southwestern Siberia, Russia. Geophilus western Siberia (the basin of the Lower Irtysh)]. Moscow: flavus (De Geer, 1778) appears to be new to the fauna KMK Scientific Press. 189 p. [in Russian]. Bukhkalo S.P., Sergeeva E.V. 2012. [Interannual dynamics of the of western Siberia. Two species, G. proximus C.L. composition and structure of soil invertebrate communities in Koch, 1847 and Pachymerium ferrugineum (C.L. Koch, the root terrace of the Irtysh] // Belgorod State University 1835), are formally recorded in southwestern Siberia Scientific Bulletin. Natural sciences. No.15(134). Issue 20. for the first time. The former species is the most abun- P.59–64 [in Russian, with English summary]. Byzova Yu.B., Chadaeva Z.V. 1965. [A comparative characteristic dant and widespread geophilomorph in the study area. of the soil fauna of various associations in the Abies sibirica Arctogeophilus macrocephalus Folkmanová et Do- forest (Kemerovo Area)] // Zoologicheskii Zhurnal. T.44. No.3. broruka, 1960, Escaryus japonicus Attems, 1927 and P.331–339 [in Russian, with English summary]. E. koreanus Takakuwa, 1937 show the northernmost Farzalieva G.Sh. 2008. [The fauna and chorology of from range limits of their distribution areas in western Sibe- the Urals and Cisuralia]. Thesis of Candidate (Ph.D.) of Biolog- ical Sci. Degree. Perm State University. 189 p. [in Russian]. ria. Most of the study geophilomorph species inhabit Gerasko L.I., Kolesnichenko L.G. 1997. [Soil macrofauna in cedar city parks, botanical gardens and open man-made (Pinus sibirica) biocenoses of the subtaiga zone in western grounds in southwestern Siberia, being widespread Siberia] // Pochvovedenie. No.4. P.510–517 [in Russian, with across Eurasia and representing natural components in English summary]. Gerstfeldt G. 1859. Ueber einige zum Theil neue Arten Platoden, the centipede fauna of the investigated area. However, Anneliden, Myriapoden und Crustaceen Sibiriens, namentli- urban scutigeromorph, scolopendromorph and litho- ch seines östlichen Theiles und des Amur-Gebiets // Mémoi- biomorph centipedes [Nefediev et al., 2016b, c, d], as res de l’Académie Impériale des Sciences. St. Pétersbourg. T.8. S.1–36. 14 P.S. Nefediev et al.

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